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Black Friday Deal-Teasing Continues

As well as the deals we covered last week (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 45), Best Buy will offer a “doorbuster” ...

Barco Looks to Star Quality to Sell Escape Systems

Barco is working with musical artists Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga to promote its panoramic, three-screen cinema concept, Barco Escape (Display ...

Microsoft To Boost 3D and Mixed Reality

Microsoft announced an upgrade to Windows 10, the Creators Update, due to be available in early 2017 at no charge. The ...

Orange Offers OCS by OTT

Orange in France said that it is releasing its sports channel bouquet, SFR Sport via OTT for €9.99 per month and ...

Diamond Multimedia Announces the New Ultra 4K/5K Docking Station, Compatible With Both Type-C and Type-A USB Laptops/Desktop PCs

Diamond Multimedia, the leading manufacturer of Graphics Cards, USB Video Technology and award-winning best seller of popular Multimedia products, introduced today ...

Cynora Appoints Haldi CMO Ahead of Launch

Andreas Haldi has joined Cynora as the company’s new CMO, as it gets ready to commercialise its blue TADF-based OLED emitting ...

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Innolux Records Flat Performance in 2014

by Helen Vince

Innolux reported just a 1.4% increase in sales in 2014 from the previous year, reaching NT$428.7 billion ($13.5 billion). The result came after sales in December were flat month on month at NT$38.2 billion …

Tags:Financial Data| Innolux| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Apple Watch Processor Orders Taken by Samsung

by Tom Allen

Sources in the Asian supply chain say that Samsung has secured orders for processors for the Apple Watch, using its 28nm technology. The orders require 3,000 – 4,000 12″ wafers monthly. The processor will …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| Chip Production| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 04

UMC Reports December Sales Increase

by Helen Vince

United Microelectronics (UMC) reported sales of NT$12.2 billion ($384.8 million) in December, up 5.8% from November and 23.2% higher than December 2013. Last month’s result brought sales for the year to NT$140 billion ($4.4 …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UMC| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Pegatron Confident About Apple Oders

by Helen Vince

Pegatron has said it is confident that shipments to Apple in 2015 will not decrease, despite concerns that the company will lose orders to Wistron and Compal Electronics now that they have become additional …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 04

Lenovo to Buy Compal’s JV Stake?

by Helen Vince

Reports from Taiwan suggest that Lenovo is considering buying Compal’s 49% stake in their joint venture OEM business, LCFC (Hefei) Electronics Technology. LCFC started production at the end of 2012, primarily undertaking OEM production …

Tags:Large Display Monitor

Asustek Sees Rise in Q4 Sales

by Helen Vince

Asustek reported a strong performance in Q4, driven by steady demand for its smartphones and notebooks. The company’s turnover for the quarter rose 5.4% year on year to NT$137.7 billion ($4.4 billion), taking turnover …

Tags:Asus| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 04

Panasonic is Big on B2B

by Tom Allen

This year’s CES focuses on automotive technology, said Joe Taylor, chairman and CEO of Panasonic North America when he took the stage. More than 25% of Panasonic’s North American sales are expected to be …

Tags:Aviation| CES 2015| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 22 - Issue 03

NHK Trials 8k at Sapporo

by Vanessa Browning

NHK will conduct live 8k test transmissions at the Sapporo Snow Festival in Japan. Between 5th and 11th February, NHK will use 8k cameras and equipment to capture the snow and ice sculptures at …

Tags:4k| Japan| Large Display Monitor| NHK| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 22 - Issue 04

ShineOn, BOE roll-out wide colour gamut LED backlight for monitors

by Tom Allen

  ShineOn has announced that panel maker BOE has developed several monitor panels featuring the company’s wide colour gamut LED backlight solution. BOE plans to market the technology as one of its key features …

Tags:BOE| Colour Critical Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 04| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

UltraHD Readiness Increases Worldwide

by Vanessa Browning

52 countries have connection speeds capable of supporting UltraHD services (above 15Mbps), according to Akamai’s Q3 State of the Internet report. While this is down 2.8% QoQ, it is up 32% YoY. South Korea …

Tags:4k| broadband| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 04

Eutelsat TV Observatory Satellite TV reception

Satellite Dominates Europe

by Vanessa Browning

The Eutelsat TV Observatory has said that satellite DTH was the primary TV reception mode in Europe at the end of 2014. Surveying 15 countries in Western Europe, the ETVO found that 32% of …

Tags:Cable| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 22 - Issue 04

UK Government Allocates Wearable Fund

by Tom Allen

The UK government’s technology strategy board, Innovate UK, has allocated a £210,000 ($319,200) fund to drive innovation in wearable technology. Six winners of a wearables competetion will each receive £35,000 ($53,200). Successful companies will …

Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 04| Wearables